Rats in the Ranks

Every September Sydneys innersuburban Leichhardt Council reelects it mayor Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they dont vote for mayor the 12 councillors do and after three years of Larry at least four councillors were after his job When filmmakers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened A battle royal was in the making and so it came to pass By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film Ambition courage envy hatred loyalty betrayal disaster triumph in other words a classic study in politics